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Noninvasive brain biopsy shows improved sensitivity in tumor detection
Glioblastomas are aggressive brain tumors that are commonly diagnosed through a risky and invasive surgical biopsy. A team of researchers led by Hong Chen at Washington University in St. Louis has...
View ArticleChen to study neurological disorders
Zhoufeng Chen, the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Professor of Anesthesiology, and professor of developmental biology, of medicine and of psychiatry, all at the School of Medicine, received a...
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Colin Eugene Kluender, DBBS grad student, 26
Kluender (Courtesy photo) Colin Eugene Kluender, a Washington University graduate student in his fourth year of the Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Program in the Division of Biology...
View ArticleLodge to depart Washington University
Jennifer K. Lodge, vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis and the David T. Blasingame Professor, will leave the university at the end of the year. Lodge will be joining...
View ArticleHachem receives grant for cystic fibrosis research
Ramsey Hachem, the Tracey C. Marshall – Dr. Elbert P. Trulock Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, received a $2.2 million grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for...
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Early warning system model predicts cancer patients’ deterioration
About 9% of cancer patients experience complications while hospitalized that lead to a deterioration in their condition, a transfer to the intensive care unit or even death. A multidisciplinary team...
View ArticleWilfley to study obesity and cardiovascular disease
Denise E. Wilfley, professor of psychiatry, of medicine and of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, and of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, received a five-year $2.6 million...
View ArticleGross receives GenNext funding
Michael L. Gross, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences and of immunology and internal medicine at the School of Medicine, received a $31,500 subcontract from GenNext to support a National...
View ArticleInfectious disease initiative launches
The Brown School, the Institute for Public Health’s Center for Dissemination and Implementation and the School of Medicine’s Infectious Disease Division at Washington University in St. Louis have...
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Persistent, distressing psychotic-like experiences associated with impairment...
In a new study from the lab of Deanna Barch, professor and chair of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences, and the Gregory B. Couch Professor of Psychiatry and of radiology at the...
View ArticleReducing lung transplant rejection aim of clinical trial funded with $22...
Physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston have received a seven-year, $22 million grant from the National...
View ArticleFinck receives NIH grant
Brian N. Finck, professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.7 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National...
View ArticleCOVID-19 vaccine elicits weak antibody response in people taking...
People who received two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while on TNF inhibitors — a class of immunosuppressants used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune conditions — generated less...
View ArticleWashington University joins major NIH effort to advance health data science...
Washington University in St. Louis is joining a major international effort to advance data science, catalyze innovation and spur health discoveries across Africa. The program is supported by the...
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Bhayani named director of urologic surgery
Bhayani Sam Bhayani, MD, a highly regarded urologic oncologist and researcher, has been named to lead the Division of Urologic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of...
View ArticleKim to research skin inflammation
Brian Kim, MD, associate professor of medicine, of anesthesiology and of pathology and immunology at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2.4 million grant from the National Institute of...
View ArticleRentschler wins NIH grant
Stacey Lynn Rentschler, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, of biomedical engineering and of developmental biology at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $2 million grant from the...
View ArticleUltrashort-pulse lasers kill bacterial superbugs, spores
Life-threatening bacteria are becoming ever more resistant to antibiotics, making the search for alternatives to antibiotics an increasingly urgent challenge. For certain applications, one alternative...
View ArticlePrenatal, early-life influences on child brain development focus of new study
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are joining scientists at 24 other sites around the country to conduct a comprehensive study aimed at understanding how prenatal...
View ArticleJiang receives NIH grant
Xuntian Jiang, assistant professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, received a five-year $2 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National...
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